Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides Thursday December 14, 2023 show is a Flashback to December 25, 2014 featuring an analysis of the infamous “Performance Pens”–discs limiting poor people on Pacific Ave., and an talk with Doug Loisel, former service provider

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The introduction includes:

  • a brief summary of the December 25, 2014 Flashback
  • a short update on recent events
  • a quick conversation with Reggie Meisler on the Coastal Commission’s hearing in Santa Cruz tomorrow and the Oversized Vehicle status.

The Flashback to December 25, 2014 includes: 

  • Lane-Comstock “Performance Pens” [PP], new laws passed 11-18, going into force now severely limiting vending, sitting, sparechanging, or performing replacing the earlier Sidewalk Shrinkage laws passed in 2013 to discourage visible homeless and street person presence
  • Deconstruction and detailing of the PP law
  • Vice-Mayor Don Lane fields criticisms from Kate Winzell, Bathrobespierre, Alex the Artist, and others on the PP law
  • “Dead-on” David Silva calls in to announce he’ll do some public sidewalk dancing to help end the Sleeping Ban
  • Lengthy interview with Doug Loisel, former Executive Director of the Homeless [Lack of] Services Center, now called “Housing Matters”, discussing his work with Homeless Runaway Youth in Monterey and his memories of Santa Cruz’s homeless services.